Dubai: British tourist faces jail 'for accidentally touching man's hip' in bar
7 years, 5 months ago

Dubai: British tourist faces jail 'for accidentally touching man's hip' in bar

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Scot is facing a three-year jail sentence in Dubai after putting his hand on a man in a bar so he did not "bump and spill drinks", according to his representatives. Campaign group Detained in Dubai said Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested for public indecency after touching a man on his hip. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: "We have been in contact with a British man following his arrest in Dubai in July.

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Dubai police detain man who caused Raducanu distress at Dubai tournament
1 month ago

Dubai police detain man who caused Raducanu distress at Dubai tournament

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai police detained a man who caused Emma Raducanu distress by exhibiting “ fixated behavior ” toward the British star at a tennis tournament. “The individual signed a formal undertaking to maintain distance from her and has been banned from future tournaments,” Dubai’s media office said in the statement. “Dubai remains committed to ensuring the …

Dubai laws you need to know before visiting
1 month, 1 week ago

Dubai laws you need to know before visiting

The Independent  

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Dubai laws you need to know before visiting
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dubai laws you need to know before visiting

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British teenager, 18, surrenders to begin serving one year in hell hole UAE prison after having sex with girl, 17, during 'holiday romance'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

British teenager, 18, surrenders to begin serving one year in hell hole UAE prison after having sex with girl, 17, during 'holiday romance'

Daily Mail  

British teenager Marcus Fakana has surrendered himself to authorities in the UAE and begun his one year jail sentence in the notorious Al Aweer prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl in Dubai. Marcus Fakana had a weeklong holiday romance with the girl, also British, but was arrested and detained after her mother complained to the Dubai police. The …

Man who faced 'several years' in a Dubai jail for sending a ninja emoji is FREE and returning home
3 months ago

Man who faced 'several years' in a Dubai jail for sending a ninja emoji is FREE and returning home

Daily Mail  

An Irish man who was facing 'several years' in a Dubai jail over emojis he texted a acquaintance has finally been freed following a campaign for his release. Stuart Quiney, 39, was reportedly flying back to Ireland this morning after the decision was granted, following several months spent in custody in the UAE. Stuart Quiney travelled to the UAE in …

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’
3 months, 1 week ago

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’

The Independent  

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British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl
3 months, 1 week ago

British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl

The Independent  

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Brit, 18, faces 20 years in Dubai prison after he was charged with having sex with 17-year-old fellow UK tourist whose 'furious mother reported him to UAE police' during family holiday
4 months ago

Brit, 18, faces 20 years in Dubai prison after he was charged with having sex with 17-year-old fellow UK tourist whose 'furious mother reported him to UAE police' during family holiday

Daily Mail  

An 18-year-old Brit faces 20 years in prison in Dubai after being charged with having sex with a then-17-year-old during a family holiday. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was held in a notorious UAE prison for days after police received word of his holiday romance from her 'strict' mother. But as the girl's parents told Dubai police about the relationship …

British tourist sentenced to three months in Dubai jail for ‘insulting’ airport staff
1 year, 3 months ago

British tourist sentenced to three months in Dubai jail for ‘insulting’ airport staff

The Independent  

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Student who faced year in Dubai prison after ‘airport altercation’ is allowed to leave country
1 year, 5 months ago

Student who faced year in Dubai prison after ‘airport altercation’ is allowed to leave country

The Independent  

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American faces jail in Dubai after smoking cannabis legally in the US
3 years, 11 months ago

American faces jail in Dubai after smoking cannabis legally in the US

The Independent  

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British Woman in Dubai Says 'F*** You' to Flatmate on WhatsApp, Gets Jailed for 2 Years
4 years, 1 month ago

British Woman in Dubai Says 'F*** You' to Flatmate on WhatsApp, Gets Jailed for 2 Years

News 18  

A British woman has been detained and jailed for two years in Dubai for sending ‘F*** You’ to her Ukrainian flatmate over private Whatsapp chat during lockdown. The 31-year-old woman, a human resources manager from Gloucestershire, who has been living in Dubai since 2018, was moving back to the UK permanently last week and planned to join her partner and …

Dubai Arrests British Woman for Calling Ex-Husband's New Wife a 'Horse'
5 years, 11 months ago

Dubai Arrests British Woman for Calling Ex-Husband's New Wife a 'Horse'

News 18  

Dubai, which has spent a fortune on promoting itself as one of the world's premier touriste destinations, seemingly has very little chill when it comes to what you post on your social media accounts, after it arrested a British woman and her teenage daughter for some earlier comments she had made on a Facebook post by hr ex-husband. She could …

Durham academic Matthew Hedges detained in Dubai on GMB on prison ordeal
6 years, 3 months ago

Durham academic Matthew Hedges detained in Dubai on GMB on prison ordeal

Daily Mail  

Freed British academic Matthew Hedges has revealed his horror of seeing a torture victim's footprints on the wall of his Dubai jail cell in his first TV interview since his release. In his first UK TV interview on Good Morning Britain, Matthew Hedges and his wife Daniela Tejada said he wasn't physically tortured but solitary confinement felt like it Matthew …

Matthew Hedges: UAE considering clemency for British academic jailed for life on spying charges
6 years, 3 months ago

Matthew Hedges: UAE considering clemency for British academic jailed for life on spying charges

The Independent  

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UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying
6 years, 3 months ago

UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying

Associated Press  

LONDON — A British academic was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates on charges that he was spying for the U.K. — a verdict that Britain described as shocking as it urged its Mideast ally to reconsider the decision. The Federal Appeals Court of Abu Dhabi said Hedges was found guilty of “spying on …

Repression in the UAE: The case of Matthew Hedges
6 years, 4 months ago

Repression in the UAE: The case of Matthew Hedges

Al Jazeera  

The failure of the West to take a firm stand on repression in the UAE has precipitated Hedges’ detention. Although the revelation of Hedges’ arrest has provoked reactions of shock and alarm among the British academic community, for seasoned watchers of UAE’s political trajectory, it was a tragic inevitability. It is within this repressive climate that Matthew Hedges embarked on …

Matthew Hedges: British academic charged with spying in UAE is released on bail
6 years, 4 months ago

Matthew Hedges: British academic charged with spying in UAE is released on bail

The Independent  

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UAE holds British man in solitary confinement for five months on ‘spying’ charge
6 years, 5 months ago

UAE holds British man in solitary confinement for five months on ‘spying’ charge

The Independent  

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British man jailed in Dubai after row over £2 taxi fare
7 years, 4 months ago

British man jailed in Dubai after row over £2 taxi fare

The Independent  

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Briton sentenced to prison for touching man's hip in Dubai warns UK tourists his ordeal 'could happen to anyone'
7 years, 4 months ago

Briton sentenced to prison for touching man's hip in Dubai warns UK tourists his ordeal 'could happen to anyone'

The Independent  

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Jamie Harron: Man jailed in Dubai for touching man's hip says 'I would go back'
7 years, 4 months ago

Jamie Harron: Man jailed in Dubai for touching man's hip says 'I would go back'

The Independent  

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I was jailed in Dubai like Jamie Harron – it's worse than you could possibly imagine
7 years, 4 months ago

I was jailed in Dubai like Jamie Harron – it's worse than you could possibly imagine

The Independent  

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British man Jamie Harron sentenced to jail for touching man's hip in Dubai arrives back in UK
7 years, 4 months ago

British man Jamie Harron sentenced to jail for touching man's hip in Dubai arrives back in UK

The Independent  

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Jamie Harron's arrest in Dubai should make us question why we ever thought it was OK to holiday there in the first place
7 years, 4 months ago

Jamie Harron's arrest in Dubai should make us question why we ever thought it was OK to holiday there in the first place

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British man sentenced to three months in jail for touching man's hip in Dubai cleared
7 years, 4 months ago

British man sentenced to three months in jail for touching man's hip in Dubai cleared

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Dubai: British tourist Jamie Harron sentenced to three months 'for accidentally touching a man's hip' in bar
7 years, 4 months ago

Dubai: British tourist Jamie Harron sentenced to three months 'for accidentally touching a man's hip' in bar

The Independent  

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What not to do in Dubai as a tourist
7 years, 5 months ago

What not to do in Dubai as a tourist

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British tourist jailed in Dubai for drinking awaits second sentence for accidentally touching man's hip in bar
7 years, 5 months ago

British tourist jailed in Dubai for drinking awaits second sentence for accidentally touching man's hip in bar

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British tourist facing jail after touching man’s hip in Dubai bar speaks out: 'It has broken me’
7 years, 5 months ago

British tourist facing jail after touching man’s hip in Dubai bar speaks out: 'It has broken me’

The Independent  

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Briton facing jail in Dubai for ‘brushing against man in bar’ ordered to remain in country
7 years, 5 months ago

Briton facing jail in Dubai for ‘brushing against man in bar’ ordered to remain in country

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British IT worker 'facing six months in prison' in Dubai for giving fellow driver the finger
7 years, 5 months ago

British IT worker 'facing six months in prison' in Dubai for giving fellow driver the finger

The Independent  

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UK charity warns tourists in Dubai not to report rape after woman who was 'gang raped' arrested
8 years, 4 months ago

UK charity warns tourists in Dubai not to report rape after woman who was 'gang raped' arrested

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British woman who says she was gang raped arrested on 'extra-marital sex' charges in Dubai as attackers go free
8 years, 4 months ago

British woman who says she was gang raped arrested on 'extra-marital sex' charges in Dubai as attackers go free

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Three British 'planespotters' arrested in UAE for breaching 'national security'
10 years ago

Three British 'planespotters' arrested in UAE for breaching 'national security'

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Three Britons jailed in Dubai drugs case pardoned in amnesty for Ramadan
11 years, 8 months ago

Three Britons jailed in Dubai drugs case pardoned in amnesty for Ramadan

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British tourists 'tortured' in Dubai
12 years ago

British tourists 'tortured' in Dubai

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Briton says she was raped in the UAE - but gets fined for drinking
12 years, 3 months ago

Briton says she was raped in the UAE - but gets fined for drinking

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